What's That Up Ahead?

Baby Jewels and I always play this game that my mom and grandma played with me when I was little.  It's a little chanting song:

We're going on a tiger hunt we're going to catch a big one

What's that up ahead?

I'm not afraid

It's...Mud(or whatever you choose, mountain, log, cave)

Can't Go Over it, Can't go Under it...Gotta go through it! (Or whatever applies)

Squish, Squish, Squish

We love it and it is always a lot of fun...So to make my point...

We're going on a tiger hunt, we're going to catch a big one...What's that up ahead?





IT'S NEW BABY MITCHELL!!

AND I WOULD BE A LIAR IF I SAID I WASN'T AFRAID

That's right I am 9 weeks along and we could not be more excited to welcome the fourth member of our little family :)))  Baby Jewels, in particular, could not be more stoked!  My sweet little sister made the joke that they do not make "I'm a big sister" onesies that small...turns out she's correct.  So bring on May 4, 2012.  If I make it through another pregnancy, I can definitely handle 2 bebe's....under 13 Months!

It's OK Thursdays...I mean Friday

So I saw this cute button on a blog and decided to try this out since most of the time I have a hard time coming up with something to say.  And this week it is going to start on a Friday because Blogging did not happen yesterday!

IT'S OK...

...To go to Bed, Bath and Beyond simply to get out of the house--becuase then I will stop at other stores in the shopping center to pick up only the things that I really WANT need.

...That my child is awake in the next room as I continue blogging, she isn't even fussing yet.

...That my 5 and 1/2 month old still gets up three times a night becuase she always smiles at me from her crib as I GLARE smile down at her.

...That I spend most of my day watching Grey's...Netflix just released season 7 on instant!

...that I am 24 and my favorite store is Hobby Lobby...by far

...that my sweet girl whined the majority of the way home from Austin last weekend...because she got to see her Grandma and Grandpa

...that my little sis and best friend lives 1182 miles away...becuase she is getting a great education and I get to see her in 13 days! (yes I googled the miles).

...that I still have no job and don't really even look any more...Jewels deserves ALL my attention

Back to the Routine

This is for you little baby sister!!

So after we got home from Boston, I spent the next week getting baby Jewels on a schedule.  She does so much better when things are the same from day to day and Boston through her off to say the least!  This week has been very predictable (a tad boring) but my sweet girl has done so well!  We are going to Austin this weekend to visit with Cody's parents and I am going to try SO hard to keep up her routine so Monday-Wednesday is not mass chaos.  But whenever there is more than Jewels and I to worry about things get a little tricky :)  Other than that, not much has happened.  Like a said a tad boring.  I am trying to find a job that allows me to still take care of my child, and lets just say now I know why a lot of moms choose to work outside of the home.  So any advice is welcome! I love being crafty and making stuff for our home but, that tends to cost money and I am trying to not spend what I am no longer making...Makes sense right?!  I am very excited for it to get cool again, because we spent a lot of time outside going on walks and we both really enjoy that.  Now for the good part...*PICTURES*

4 months BIG...Figured I should post this since she will be five months tomorrow!

Her Nana and Grandpa got her this new toy that she just loves.  When she steps on the keys it plays a note.  At first only her big toe could reach sometimes...but now she jams out like a rock star*

This is one of my all time favorite pics...she tries to put EVERYTHING in her mouth--even the giant microphone that doesn't even come close to fitting.  Luckily, the microphone is clear and we can see straight down her throat :)

Our Little Princess after church last week!  She typically hates church but is a perfect, posing angel once we get home...How Naughty!

BOSTON :) Sunday and Monday

So our last full day in Boston was Sunday.  A couple weeks ago before we even knew that there was going to be a hurricane our plan was to go down to the cape and see the beach, visit with one of my Dad's aunts, and go to the canal where you can get these oysters (or something clam-y like that) for dinner.  Well Irene eliminated that from the picture real fast.  So our back up plan was to go to the Boston Aquarium.  Well I called them that morning and they were closed as well for weather.  Where we were it was rainy and windy, sorta like a Texas thunderstorm.  So needless to say I was not impressed and disappointed.  So went braved the weather and tried to find lunch.!  Well long story short the only thing open was cheesecake factory.  That was great with me.  Not going to lie I would have preferred some authentic Boston restaurant like ToGos or Unos, or something but it was the next best thing.  After lunch we decided to drive out to a beach that was only a few minutes a way to see what the water was like.  When we got there, it was low tide and hardly any waves but, it was a neat little area!



See that little wave out there....that is the hurricane.  It turns out that this beach is in a little cove and was protected from the wind.

 So we decided to go one more place that was about 30 min away that my dad hung out at in high school.  This beach was great!  The baby had her first trip to the beach, and first hurricane all in the same day...not sure if that is a good thing or not.  It was soo windy there it was hard to walk at some points.  The waves were a lot bigger and the coolest part was the wind would blow sheets of water off the top parts of the waves.  It looked awesome!



So windy my hair was standing straight up.

After the beach we went up to this old WWII  bunker.  I thought it was a little weird but Cody and my Dad liked it!--I guess he went here in high school too.

So after that we headed back home to enjoy another delicious dinner, and go to bed early.  We had to be up early again to catch our flight.  Well since the flight the entire day before and two that morning had been cancelled we spent the entire day at the airport.  We finally decided to go through Chicago in order to get home in time for Cody to go to work the next day!  It was super fun weekend and I am so grateful to a wonderful family to spend it with :)